Reconstruction:Latin/friscum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪsku/

Adjective

*friscum (feminine *frisca) (Proto-Romance)

fresh
cool

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: fresco (see there for further descendants)
- Neapolitan: frisco
- Sicilian: friscu
  - → Maltese: frisk
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: fresc
- Franco-Provençal: frès
- Old French: freis (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: fresc
  - Occitan: fresc
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: friscu
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fresco
- Asturian: frescu
- Leonese: frescu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: fresco
  - Galician: fresco
  - Portuguese: fresco
- Old Spanish: fresco
  - Ladino: פﬞריסקו
  - Spanish: fresco
    - → Belizean Creole: fresko
    - → Bikol Central: presko
Borrowed from one or more of the above:
- Medieval Latin: friscus [13th c.]

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “fresco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 956
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frĭsk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 179